The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25
TIE REAL SITUATION.
Erroneous Ideas CONCERNING
Utah Rooted Out.
sgR PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Some Interesting Leaves From the
Governors hepOrt-5aIt Lakes
Great Euturs-Our Products.

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outside world concerning the resource
and attractions of salt Lake City an'
Titan Te ri ory, has been greatly
changed and, what is of equal impor
tsnoe, eur own citizens nave learned t.
batter appreciate the advantages theJ
ENJOY. For long time, Salt Lake ha
been Generally regarded as the scene O
iRcessanG wrangllng and social strife
as g hot-bed OF Iawlessnsss and turbu.
len discussion. The opinion That tbs
lives aad liberties OF individuals are un
safe here is not yet an uncommon one
and this opinion is not confined TO the
ignorant or xperieRced. Within e
few weeks, | have heard the statement
made in public by gentleman of in
teiligence and extensive business expert
suce, that Notwithstanding his gresI
curiosity to visit our city, he had gone
on to the Pacific Coast by way OF
Ogden, fearing mGltreStment IN Salt
Lake. Ihe views aud fears OF this gen
teman are still entertained by multi
tudes IN the East. There are many
VINO look on the citizens of our city aud
Territory, as a bastard branch OF the
human family whose strange ideas and
uncouth customs unfit them for etfilla-
ton with CT yIllz5d Communities. How
absurd and uni Just are these notions, Is
we'll understood by those who have
visited US. There Is no community of
its size ID Auuerica that can boast of
greater peace than Salt Lake; no peO-
Die amongst whom q greater love of
order prevails. The offenders against
our municipal regulations are few
fewer by far than IN much smaller
communities, notwithstanding the nu-
merous mining camps by which We are
surrounded on every side, and from
which We daily receive man visitors.
There are no thieves or burglars
amongst US; the sand bag and the
slung-shot arg unheard OF; seldom, if
ever, is a citizen, VINO pretends to re-
spectability, seen staggering through
the streets under the influence of
liquor; we have no daughters of
shame whose practices are sanctioned
by the law under the gUi-e OF peri
Odical fine; there are no harlOts in our
iRIls or warehouses;, TO bear evidence Of
the HoertiniSm or debauOherJ of any
class of our citizens. Industry aud
honesty are characteristic of our peO-
pie, and GOD is WorshipDed in dceor-
dance with tbs free dictates of each ones
conscience. The Cath ltc, the Presby-
teRiau, the Bap list, the Method the
HpiscOpalian, the ReorganHed, aud the
Mormon churches, have all their separ-
ste temples, and all are vel atte lded
The Catholics alone have bishop and
six priests, aud yet not too many to
attend to the spiritual wants of their
people. And i. is not a proof of our
lack of civilized refinement that our
city is considered the best Of Its size in
america for the patronage of the
atrieals and otner stage entertain
ments. For music our fame has
reached to the far East. aud som OF
our talent has been iured away long
distances for the delectatioR of coWmu
mites the surroundings of which lend
less inspiration to genius. In tRe arts.
even cultured Boston must pay hUm
age to a child of Utah, whose
genius as q sCu ptor has elected their
applause. In painting, We have several
OF unpretentious talents whose works
woui add beauty 70 the studios and
galleries of anV American city. In the
refinement of home and social life, no
stranger has ever found as wanting
Nor is any greater proof needed of our
education in this respect than The
natural loneliness of our city, embOW-
cred during the summer season III foil
Age and flowers.
The absurdity of the opinions enter
tanned concerning US Is evidenced bV
the surprise OF every stranger who
visits US. They ind courtesy anG
kindness where they expected to ONO
rudeness and hos ullty, and discover
with astonishm Mt that refinement and
intelligence are not incompatible with
the profession or practice of orthod Il
or hete -odox religion.
Strange opinions are entertained in
the East in regard to the people + the
West but these opinions are still more
strangely deformed in regard to the
people of Utah. Horace GreeIey's in
junction to go West has been inter
0reted for the most part In snch man
aer that young men Of immature
Tainds and limited experience have
grown to imagine that the West IL
strangely IN need OF their intelligent
services. that, like Topsy, he people
here have ''growed," and have not beer
trained unGer the influences Of the
home, the school. aud the charch
The surprise of these people on visiting
the cities OF she West, is only proper
toned TO their previous ignorance o.
cur condition, and many is the youtt
whose hopes of becoming Congress
man or Senator from the West, or sd
mini tering the laws With dignity from
the bench for the government aud en-
lightenment of benighted people
have been blasted only by visit to GU
mountain homes.
Salt Lake, though one OF the mos
favored spots by Nature in America
and though popuiat by class of eiti
zens whose business ability. intelligence
and refinement easily make them tht
peers of even enlightened New Eng
ianders, has heretofore labored undo
serious advantages. The beau'ies anC
attractions of our city have been hid
den under clouds of prejadtce and dis
trust. The outside world SO med mor
;,lIeraSfad IN TIA hpc9uSa of auF ODIniOu